As the kids say in text lingo, orly? Or as John McEnroe might scream, “You cannot be serious!”
[P]olls have consistently shown Obama’s support among American Jews declining. But at a fundraiser last night at the home of Jack Rosen, president of the largely defunct American Jewish Congress, Obama was tooting his own horn again, in a way that reflects not only his political agenda but his well-known high opinion of himself:
And as Jack alluded to, this administration — I try not to pat myself too much on the back, but this administration has done more in terms of the security of the state of Israel than any previous administration.
Well, in a manner of speaking he does have a point. Just pair the president’s quote up with what’s taking place in Egypt. That country has been at relative peace with Israel for decades. Islamists are running one and two in the vote. That has done and will do quite a lot for Israel’s security (none of it good), and Obama has played a starring role. Would the secular, Islamist-hating Mubarak have left so easily if his former staunch ally, the United States, hadn’t put a firm hand on his back and given him a shove?
Obama will insist, “I got Bin Laden.” (Actually, the CIA and Navy Seals got him.) But what was Bin Laden’s top priority? Overthrowing pro-Western, US-allied regimes in the Middle East. What’s the tally so far? Tunisia (Islamists won). Morocco (Islamists won). Egypt (Islamists likely to win). Libya (Islamists ascendant). Yemen (Islamists control most of country).
All that took place on Obama’s watch (with Yemen an arguable exception since it was already an Islam-friendly failed state). So is Israel safer or not? How’s that Egypt-Israel peace treaty – for 30 years the lynchpin of strategic stability in the region – looking today? Clearly not well. And what of Lebanon (dominated by Hizbullah) and Syria (with the Brotherhood prominent in the opposition)? And what of increasingly Islamic Turkey? Doesn’t seem to bother Obama. At the recent G-20, the only leader Obama openly embraced was … Turkey’s Erdogan.
There’s more to security support than military aid and intelligence sharing. It also means promoting an environment that is more stable and secure. Which the Middle East, after Obama, is not.
I’m sorry, but Libya was a “pro-Western, US-allied regime”??? Really?
The great discovery the marxists made, probably during little lenin’s 2008 campaign, is that the Big Lie doesn’t have to be tethered to the facts or truth in any way whatsoever. I believe it’s a discovery that is unique in human history. Prior to Obama, the liars expended enormous amounts of energy developing false foundations for their outrageous lies. Now they don’t even bother. It leaves more time for the heavy lifting of stealing, and of course, more time for golf.
It must be awesomely empowering for people whose entire existance is based on their ability to deceive the public.
If it weren’t for the collusion of the media, they would still need to fabricate a basis for the lies. But with the media covering for them, there’s no need.
If this story is allowed to run in so called main stream media outlets, it will be spun to fit the narrative of the left.
Sad situation we find ourselves in.
yes, the make believe media is the secret sauce.
And we shouldn’t discount it either. Just because 20-30% now get their news elsewhere, living inside the heads of 70% of America is a powerful powerful advantage for the professional liars.
He knows that people have elected to the White House a commie who hates America, ergo he knows that he can say anything and the idiots will drink it.
Hybris.
Oh, yes, Barack Obama is Israel’s best friend. And I am Marie of Rumania.
One can only hope that in 2012 Ozymandias-on-the-Potomac will discover that (as the old saying goes) it’s only a matter of about 18 inches between a pat on the back and a good swift kick in the pants.
@RebeccaH
As supreme ruler of Mars (and arch enemy of Buck Rogers!), I and my roommates Napoleon, the Tooth Fairy and Pharaoh Ramses II welcome you to Ozoneman’s cozy, alternate reality universe.
Normally my notes are written in crayon (they don’t allow me any sharp objects), but our unicorn friend offered to type this for us. (It’s a really BIG keyboard to accommodate his hooves.)
They do serve some swell pixie dust here, Obama-used-and-approved! Wheeee!!!